The kids may have been tucked in at home, but it seems they weren’t far from the minds of the A-list parents who walked the red carpet at last night’s 69th Golden Globe awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. From mom-of-six Angelina Jolie to single mom-of-one Michelle Williams, several of the stars couldn’t help but talk about their little ones on their big night out.

Here are a few of the night’s favorite quotes…

Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie on the red carpet: “Actually, neither one of us is working right now – we still take turns. It looks busier than we are…. We kind of run a zone defense at home, so it works well.”

Kate Winslet, accepting the award for her role in Mildred Pierce: “I share this with my beautiful children Mia and Joe, who light up my life every day. I’m so proud to be their mom.”

Peter Dinklage, picking up his best actor statue: “[I thank] my wife Erica Schmidt and my lovely new daughter, who has her first babysitter tonight. So I’m a little nervous.”

Tina Fey on the red carpet: “If my 6-year-old [Alice] were here, she would work this carpet bald. Yeah, she’s very feminine.”

Julie Bowen, mom-of-three, on how she spent the day: “I cut the kids’ hair in the bathroom. By the way, not a gift that I have… but they’re very wiggly.”

Sarah Michelle Gellar on her Monique Lhuillier gown: “I didn’t try on that many, but I had them all lined up… my 2-year-old [Charlotte] walked in, walked up to this dress and said, ‘Mama, wear this!’ So I put it on and I said, ok! She really went for it, she did bag and shoes. I let her do all of it.”

Kelsey Grammer, who announced that he and his wife Kayte Walsh are expecting twins: “I’m really looking forward to meeting these new arrivals. Fatherhood’s always different, based upon the character that comes into your life. They arrive and tell you what you have to do.”

The night’s sweetest acceptance may have been from the always lovely Michelle Williams, who thanked her daughter Matilda Rose while picking up her best actress statue for her work in My Week with Marilyn: “I consider myself a mother first and an actress second, and so the person I most want to thank is my daughter, my little girl, whose bravery and exuberance is the example that I take with me in my work and in my life. And I want to say thank you for sending me off to this job every day with a hug and a kiss – I couldn’t have it otherwise. For making me so excited to come home at night. And for suffering through six months of bedtime stories where all the princesses were read aloud in a Marilyn Monroe-[sounding] voice.”

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